contingency funds 2012-2013

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Contingency Funds 2013-14


Dr. Ronald Wells

Special Education Adviser



• Beginning November 25, 2013 • Closing January 18, 2014

Application Dates *************************************



• Extraordinary special education program

expenses. Section (e)

24 PS §25-2509.8

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• Provide a description of the student and his/her extraordinary needs

• Individual history must be detailed to support the application

• Quality of content

Brief Background **************************************



• What are the extraordinary educational needs of this

student?

• What is the degree (amount) of service?

• Why?

• Specific information!

Educational Needs *************************************



• Instructional costs of the special education teacher.

• Related services ( clearly stated on the IEP)

Examples:

Occupational Therapy Physical Therapy

Speech & Language Therapy

Vision Therapy

Orientation & Mobility Training

Hearing Therapy

Eligible Costs **********************************



Eligible Costs (cont.) *************************************** Out of District programs including

1. Intermediate Units 2. Private Schools 3. Approved Private Schools (excluding 4010 funded students)

• No residential costs will be approved.



Extraordinary Transportation Costs ***************************************

Such as: • Wheelchair accessible/serious health

related • Outside the LEA



• The LEA’s average tuition rate is built into the

system

• Fee factor deduction

• Both costs are built into the application and

automatically subtracted.

Deductions ***********************************



• Applications reporting the highest eligible costs will receive

funding priority in the following manner:

Total Eligible Costs

Subtract Districts Average Tuition Rate

Subtract Fee Factor

The approved applications are then multiplied by the LEA’s aid ratio

How Applications are Processed ***************************************



• This process will continue until all available funds ( $ 9,262,473) are expended.

• School Districts or Charter Schools may not receive contingency funds exceeding $150,000.

How Applications Are Processed cont. ****************************************



• The Bureau of Special Education received a total of 788 requests for

contingency funding.

• 236 requests were funded representing 30% of all requests received.

• 228 requests (those above $60,000) were not considered due to the total

allocation being expended or the LEA reaching the maximum allotment

leaving a number of requests unapproved.

• 199 LEAs submitted requests.

2012-2013 Contingency Fund Program Statistics ***************************************



• 324 requests were below the predicted threshold of $60,000.

• 122 LEAs (61% of the participating LEAs) received some funding.

• 17 LEAs (9% of the participating LEAs) received the maximum allotment of $150,000.

• 29 LEAs (15% of the participating LEAs) received $100, 000 or more.

• 55 requests were for over $100,000 with the highest over $240,000.

2012-2013 Contingency Fund Program Statistics ***************************************

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2012-13 Contingency Fund Program Statistics ************************************

For comparison: Requests over $100,000 2007-08 13 (3%) 2008-09 28 (7%) 2009-10 34 (9%) 2010-11 58 (18%) 2011-12 50 (16%) 2012-13 55 (23%)

Based on the number of

approved requests

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Recent Prorate Results ************************************ 2004-05 .37 per dollar eligible 2005-06 .19 per dollar eligible 2006-07 .16 per dollar eligible 2007-08 .15 - .85 per dollar eligible 2008-09 .15 - .85 per dollar eligible 2009-10 .15 - .87 per dollar eligible 2010-11 .15 - .88 per dollar eligible 2011-12 .15 - .88 per dollar eligible 2012-13 .15 - .88 per dollar eligible The average being .48 for 2012-13



• Only applications that are over $60,000 after deductions, will be considered for funding.

• The most costly individual applications will receive funding priority.

• Approximately 250 applications will receive partial funding. (Based upon 2012-2013 activity)

• Not all eligible applications will be funded.

Anticipated Processing Figures ***************************************



Dr. David Volkman, Acting Deputy Secretary Office of Elementary & Secondary Education

Phone: (717) 787-2127 Email [email protected]

John Tommasini, Bureau Director

Bureau of Special Education Phone: (717) 783-6134

Email [email protected]

Richard Moss, Division Chief Division of Improvement & Technical Assistance - Central

Phone: (717) 772-3745 Email [email protected]

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